The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
Taken from the flight deck of USS Petrof Bay, these photographs show USS Suwannee burning after a kamikaze crash-dive on 26 October 1944, in the opening wave of coordinated suicide attacks following the Battle off Samar. Flight deck accidents from 1945 and the confidential Bureau of Aeronautics caption cards that accompanied each print document both the hazards of carrier aviation and the Navy's wartime control of its own imagery.
Ship Burning at Sea, Pacific Theater
Verso Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Official Photograph No. 274-6, 'USS Suwannee Burning,' 1235, October 26, 1944
Lookouts on Escort Carrier Fantail Observing the Ship's Wake, World War II
Verso/Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Official Navy Photograph, December 18, 1944
Escort Carrier Afire, Aerial View, Leyte Gulf Campaign, October 1944
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. Z77-3, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 25 October 1944 - Japanese Heavy Cruiser off Samar
Battle Damage Aftermath - Torn Flight Deck and Hangar Structure, U.S. Navy Escort Carrier, WWII Pacific Theater
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 280 C-1, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 26 October 1944, Processed by USS Suwannee Photo Lab
USS Suwannee (CVE-27) Burning After Kamikaze Crash-Dive on Flight Deck, Viewed from USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 26 October 1944
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 274-1, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 26 October 1944 - USS Suwannee Burning After Kamikaze Strike
Distant Ship Fire and Smoke Column Viewed from a U.S. Navy Escort Carrier's Flight Deck and Gun Tub, WWII Pacific Theater, October 1944
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 274-2, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 26 October 1944
Escort Carrier Burning After Kamikaze Strike, Viewed Alongside a Second Escort Carrier from USS Petrof Bay's Flight Deck, 26 October 1944
Verso of U.S. Navy Official Photograph Record Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), Dated 26 October 1944
TBM/TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber Nosed Over on Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 16 April 1945
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 474, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 16 April 1945
GMC CCKW Cargo Truck Perched Atop Anti-Aircraft Gun Mount Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 21 August 1945
Verso Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 532 -- USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), August 21, 1945
Undercarriage Detail of GMC CCKW Cargo Truck Perched on Gun Mount, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 21 August 1945
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 532, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 21 August 1945
FM-2 Wildcat Fighter on Final Approach to Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII Pacific Theater
Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Aircraft Crash Photograph, February 1945
Crash of Aircraft 'B-11,' Lt.(jg) W.O. Green, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 365, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945 - Crash of Aircraft 'B-11'
Close-up of Crushed Forward Fuselage, Crash of Aircraft 'B-11,' USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945
Flight Deck Crew Rushing to Aircraft Crash at the Bow, U.S. Navy Escort Carrier, WWII Era
Mobile Crane Recovering Damaged TBM/TBF Avenger Aircraft, Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII Era
Grumman FM-2 Wildcat Catching the Wire, Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 365, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945 - Crash of Aircraft 'B-11' (Duplicate/Companion Card)
Deck Crew Handling a Grumman F6F Hellcat Aboard a US Navy Carrier, WWII Pacific
Verso of Official U.S. Navy Photograph Stamped U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Cargo Truck Overhanging the Bow of U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), August 21, 1945
Verso Caption Card of Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 532, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), August 21, 1945
Detached Fuel Tank Beside Parked Aircraft on Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII
Verso Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 474, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 16 April 1945
Carrier Fighter Aircraft on Flight Deck of U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80) with Pilot in Cockpit, April 16, 1945
Verso Caption Card of Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 474, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), April 16, 1945, Confidential
Fighter Aircraft Overturned on Flight Deck of U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80) During Landing Mishap, April 16, 1945
Verso Caption Card of Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 474, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), April 16, 1945, Confidential
Deck Crew and Corpsmen Attend an Injured Airman Beside Fighter Aircraft No. 12 on Carrier Flight Deck
Carrier Fighter Aircraft No. 024 Parked Beside the Island Superstructure, World War II
Verso of Official U.S. Navy Photograph Stamped Confidential (No Caption Data)
Deck Crew Recovering Damaged Aircraft No. 41 After Flight Deck Accident, World War II
Verso of Official U.S. Navy Photograph Stamped Confidential (No Caption Data)
Carrier Fighter Banking Low Over the Flight Deck of U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80) at Takeoff, April 16, 1945
Verso Caption Card of Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 474, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), April 16, 1945, Confidential
Close View of Gun Director and Overhanging Truck at Ship's Bow, World War II
Verso of Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 732, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), Dated 21 August 1945
Close-Up Technical Photograph of Shipboard/Aircraft Mechanical Component
